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Legend of the Green Country
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"September is the spring month bringing tides, swilling green in the harbour mouth,"
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1966...
1966
Legend of the Green Country
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Poem is complete even though numbering of parts varies.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Hedge and the Labyrinth. A Holistic Vision of Dorothy Hewett´s Poetry
2012
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criticism
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 9 2012; 'Dorothy Hewett´s poetry follows a complex architecture, a structure which encompasses her personal beliefs and the guiding lights that consciously and unconsciously led her life, while it also draws and deploys core elements from the literary tradition of Western culture. The primary image that pervades her poems is the garden, which is either the place where many of her poems occur or a significant component in others. Hewett´s garden retains several of the characteristics of the primordial garden, such as innocence, abundance and placid solitude, but it also partakes of its Romantic nuances, which, after all, are the same as in Eden but enhanced by feeling and intensity. The garden as literary locus sets the pace of Hewett´s poetry in that it links myth-making with literary tradition, the pillars that sustain the body of her poetic reality. This triangle, myth, tradition and reality, incorporates the main topics that the Australian writer inscribes in her work, and, while each corner retains its thematic substance, it also reflects the other two, thus giving unity to the whole poetic process. As Bruce Bennett pointed out as early as 1995, "place, appropriately conceived, is a meeting ground of mental, emotional and physical states and as such is a suitable focus
for the literary imagination" (Bennett: 19).' (Author's introduction)
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Grandfather Grandmother Sing Sweet Tune
2004
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criticism
— Appears in: Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004; (p. 133-150) -
Gaining Lift Off - Some Paradigms of Modern Poetry
1995
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criticism
— Appears in: Scarp , May no. 26 1995; (p. 16-26) -
Dorothy Hewett and the Left
1995
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criticism
— Appears in: Dorothy Hewett : Selected Critical Essays 1995; (p. 32-52) -
The Boundaries of the Audience
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Span , April no. 30 1990; (p. 2-17)
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Grandfather Grandmother Sing Sweet Tune
2004
extract
criticism
— Appears in: Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004; (p. 133-150) -
The Hedge and the Labyrinth. A Holistic Vision of Dorothy Hewett´s Poetry
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 9 2012; 'Dorothy Hewett´s poetry follows a complex architecture, a structure which encompasses her personal beliefs and the guiding lights that consciously and unconsciously led her life, while it also draws and deploys core elements from the literary tradition of Western culture. The primary image that pervades her poems is the garden, which is either the place where many of her poems occur or a significant component in others. Hewett´s garden retains several of the characteristics of the primordial garden, such as innocence, abundance and placid solitude, but it also partakes of its Romantic nuances, which, after all, are the same as in Eden but enhanced by feeling and intensity. The garden as literary locus sets the pace of Hewett´s poetry in that it links myth-making with literary tradition, the pillars that sustain the body of her poetic reality. This triangle, myth, tradition and reality, incorporates the main topics that the Australian writer inscribes in her work, and, while each corner retains its thematic substance, it also reflects the other two, thus giving unity to the whole poetic process. As Bruce Bennett pointed out as early as 1995, "place, appropriately conceived, is a meeting ground of mental, emotional and physical states and as such is a suitable focus
for the literary imagination" (Bennett: 19).' (Author's introduction)
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Poetry Prize Echo of Early Success
1965
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criticism
biography
— Appears in: The West Australian , 27 July 1965; -
Nine Radio Commentaries : 6
1986
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criticism
— Appears in: The Lyre in the Pawnshop : Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984 1986; (p. 277-280) -
The Boundaries of the Audience
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Span , April no. 30 1990; (p. 2-17)
Awards
Last amended 15 Sep 2017 14:06:44
Subjects:
- Bush,
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- Coast,
- Urban,
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